Picture-carrier for use in connection with projector-lanterns.



W. L. lsBlLL's.

VPICTURE GARRlER FOR US\E IN C'GNNECTION WITH PROJECTOR L'ANTERNS.

` PatntedMar. 26,1918.

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VPIGTURE CARRIER FOR USE. IN CONNECTION WITHI PROJECTOR LANTERNS.

' vAFPLICATION FILED ocT.23.'1917.

Patented Mar. 26, 1918.

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WILLIAM L. 1sB1LLs,'oE BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

:PICTURE-CARRIER Eon UsE 1N coNNEcfrIoNwrrH 'rnoJEcTon-LANTERNS.

To all 'whom t may concern.' Y

Be known that I, `WILLIAM L. IsBILLs, a

1 ,j citizen of the United States, and residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Picture- Carriers for Use in Connection with Projector-Lanterns, of which the following is a j specification, such aswill enable those skilled in the art to whichrit appertains to make and use the same.

This inventionv relates to what are known as projector lanterns foruse in projecting pictures onto a screen for exhibition or other purposes, and the invention more particularly relates to means -for supporting or holding the pictures in connection with a `lantern body; and the object ofthe in vention describedand claimed herein is to provide a device or apparatusof thisvclass,

independent of the lantern in construction,

but adapted to be placed in connection with the body of the lantern, and which may be mounted .in different positions with reference to the body of the lantern according to the construction and operation thereof, 'and by means of which separate or inde .pendent pictures vmay be exhibited' when desired, thus giving the operator the power 0f selection, or determining what pictures will be exhibited; and whereby what are known as panoramic pictures or picturessaid invention is fully disclosed in the fol? lowing specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are' Adesignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which;

Figure 1 is a side view indicating the method of using my improvement in connection with a wellknown formof projector lantern, or what is called a radiopticon, in which the picture holder and carrier is specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led October 23, 1917. lSerial No. 198,067.

placed at the back of the 1antern,the lan# tern being indicated in dotted lines and the plcture holder and carrier in section;

Fig. 2 a` view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing only a part of the construction and on an enlarged scale; l y

. Fig. 4 a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing two parts of the picture holder and carrier 1n di'erent positions, or at right angles. 4to 1v,the position shown in Fig. 1; and,

" y""Fig. 5 a lplan view of the construction as shown in Fig.4E with one of the parts in a diH-erent position. y 4

In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing, I have indicatedv at a a wellknown form of projector lantern known to the trade as a radiopticonf and with this form of lantern my improved picture holdeil and carrier is placed at the back of the lantern as in the application hereinbefore referred to, but my invention is not limited to this use of the -picture holder and carrier which use depends upon the form, construction and opv eration of the lantern, and the holder and lcarrier maybe used in connection with what is known as a balopticon lantern in which v:case the holder and carrier will be placed beneath the lantern, as shown and described in the application referred to, but the inven tion described and claimed herein is not limited to any particular method of using the same.

In the construction shown, the picture holder and carrier comprises a frame or support consisting of a horizontal box-shaped base portion .b and an upright'back frame portion c connected with said base portion, and in the use .of this form of my improved `picture holder and carrier the lantern is placed on the base portion and abuts against the'back portion so that said back portion will be in contact with, or in juxtaposition with the lantern, ,and said back portion is hinged to the base portion b at d, and may be swung into positlon for use whenever desired, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or may be turned outwardly or laterally and backwardly on its hinge as and for the purpose hereinafter described.

The upright frame or back portion c is composed oi parallel side members c2 in the `opposite ends of which, or at the top and bottom of which, are mounted a driving roller c3 and a driven roller c4, and the driv- -inojroller c3 is provided with aV crank c5. ll/[ounted on they rollers c3. and c'1 1s an end top and bottom edge portions of the stripsl ca and the clips e4, as clearly shown in Figs.

.verse to `.and bottom clip members 1 and 3 to permit of the insertion between fthe strips e3 and the belt members e2, and the clips e* and the strips e3 of pictures, as hereinafter described, and the endless belt `members e2 are held in position on the roll ers c3 an l 04 by end flanges o and c7.

I also rovide a supplemental back frame j which 1s vhinged to the front of the. frame 0 at` f? and comprises side members f3 and a top transverse member f4, and with the bottom part of which is connected a plcture -supporting device f5, consisting of a plate having a large central aperture f and transtween w iich a picture to be exhibite' may be inserted, when desired.

The supplemental back is provided g having end trunnions g2 movable in slots g3 in the frame member f4, and a spring gL is secured to the frame member f4 and bears on the roller g.

frame member. f

The main frame c is provided at the top.

and bottom thereof with extensions e8 and 09 in the front portions of which are mounted rollers 7L and e', and the upwardly directed extension 08, or the side portions thereof,

are provided, rearwardly ofthe roller it,

lwith recesses y' adapted to receive the trunnions of a spool jz, and the downwardly directed extension cg,- or the side portions thereof, roller z', with recesses la adapted to receive the trunnions of a spool .702, and the spool j2 is provided with a crank j? and' the sp'ool k2 with a crank la". Y

The central part of the frame c is open and is closed by a backplate fm having a central opening fm? provided with a projecting collar m3 and the opening fn??- is provided with a closure device, conslsting of a detachable cap m, and in the use of this devlce 4a watch may be inserted into the space formed by the collar m3 s0 as to exhibit the time on the screen, or any Vother article and placed between the in the top thereof with a roller`- are provided, rearwardly of the which it is desired to exhibit may be similarly manipulated.

The base frame memberb is provided, in the construction shown, with a drawer ln in which pictures or other articles may be stored, and at the'back thereof is secured a pan o adapted to receive pictures which are automatically discharged from the endless carrier device in the operation of the apparatus as 4hereinafter described.

The free side portion of the main frame c of the picture holder and carrier device may be connected with the basev or support b by s uitable fastening devices Yp, and the corresponding side of the supplemental frame member f may be connected with the main frame member c by similar fasteningdevices pz, and when the apparatus vis in use these parts are connected and are held in the position shown'in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but

said parts may be swung into the positions shown in Figs. 4 and 5. y y

It will be observed that the top, bottom and back portions of the carrier device are entirely exposed when said device is in use as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and in the operation of the device for exhibitingseparate or independent pictures or picture cards, the operator may insert one side edge of a picture card r as shown inv dotted lines in Fig. 3 beneath one 4edge of one of the holding strips c3 and then turn the endless carrier by means of the crank 05,' and as said carrier turns the picture card r will move into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 3, and the roller g which bears thereon will force the opposite side edge of the card beneath the corresponding side edge of the next successive strip c3 on the endless belt carrier device, and the card 71 will be exhibited on the screen in the usual manner and as .will be readily understood. The object of provi ing strips e3 and clips e? is 4to enable the operator to show picture cards of diiferent dimensions, ,as in the prior application here` inbefore referred to, and the operation of the device. or apparatus described kand claimed herein for the purpose of exhibit# ding the picture' holaing separatepictures will be the same as that of the apparatus described and claimed in said lprior application, and one edge of the picture cards may be inserted by lthe operator beneath one edge of either of the parts e3 or e4, and the opposite edge of the picture cardvwill be passed beneath the corresponding edge of the next successive parts e3 or e4 by the ,roller g, according to the dimensions of the card, and as the carrier is rotated the -picture cards will be automatically discharged intothe pan o, this operation being effected by reason of 'the fact that, as the endleSscarrier-passes over the bottom roller c4 the bending of the picture cards which aie, of course, flexible will automatically detach said cards from exhibition of separate cards or pictures, and

by means of the construction and operation describedthe operator is given the. power of selection, or the power of determining at any and all times what picture or pictures he. will exhibit'on the screen; but as herein set out, this improvement is also intended for use 1n exhibiting Apanoramic pictures, or

pictures connected or formed into a long,

flexible sheet, and in the use of my improved picture holder and carrier for this purpose, the picture sheet spmay 'be wound on the spool 7:2 which is mounted in the bottom extension ctof the frame o, and one end of said picturestrip is passed around the roller z' then up around the roller lz. and connected with the spool jz, and in this operation the frame members c and i f are swung into the position shown in Figs.4 4

` e and 5, afterwhich said frame members may be lswung back into their voperative positions as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and the pictures on the sheet s lmay be successively exhibited by turning the crank js intermittently as will be readily understood.

The pictures on the strip or sheet s may be of any character and may be so arranged as to tell a story of any kind or class, or may be strictly panoramic in character so as to represent geographicor other pictures, and by means of my improvement the opcrator may change at any time `from the exhibition of separate or detached pictures to the exhibition of continuous or panoramic pictures connected in-the form of a flexible strip or sheet, and by means of the picture supporting device f5 which is connected with the supplemental frame member f, large stiff or rigid pictures maybe exhibited at the will of the operator, it being understood that the pictures to be connected with the endless belt carrier device must be what are known as soft or liexible card pictures which will bend freely without breaking or tearing.

With the arrangement of the spools `7'2 and 762 and the strip or sheet s as shown in Fig.- l, said strip or sheet is moved iiil the direction ofthe arrow in said figure, but the position of the spools 7'2 and k2 may be reversed in which case the direction of the movement of the strip or sheet s will be the reverse of that of the arrow a2, and when the parts of the holder and carrierY are in the position shown in Fig. l, the roller g bears on the strip or sheet s and serves to take up anyslack .therein and v` to nregulate 4.the movement thereof-,'and-from the i'oregoing descriptionfitwili seen'that the endless picturefcarri'er Ymounted inconnection with the'trame c m'ay -be used separately when eX l1'iloitfingseparate-or independent pictures-atthe will-of the loperator whenever,desiredyor'that part 'of the ap paratusnecessary V'for exhibiting pictures in the forni of a-exible strip or sheet,or what is known as panoramic 'views -inay be instantly added to' the apparatus whennecessary or desirable, or pictures mounted on, or formed o n, stiff lor rig-id material may be inserted into the picture holding device f5 Whenever itis desired to exhibit such pictures. 1 .p A

While I have shown` and described my iinproved picture Vholder and carrier as mounted at the back of a projector lantern and have also stated that itfmay be mounted at the bottom of lanterns oflthis class laccording to the construction and operation of the lantern, my invention is not limited to the mounting of the holder or carrier in a vertical position at theJ back of the lantern,

'as shown and described herein, and' the said picture holder and carrier inay be'niounted in a horizontal position at the back of the lantern, if desired, in order to produce on the screen continuous pictures, or a series of pictures relating to any` subject-matter, or a panoramic view of natural scenery, such as is observed from a moving object or vehicle, and while I have shown and described the construction which I prefer in carrying out the object in view, my invention is not limited to the details of construction herein shown and described, and changes therein and modifications thereof may be made, within the scope of. the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having vfully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

l. A picture holder and carrier device for use in connection with a projector lantern,

said device being independent of the lan tern in construction and being. adapted to be connected therewith, and comprising an endless picture carrying device 4for use in eX- :hibiting separate, independent pictures, and

means whereby panoramic pictures connected in the form of a flexible strip or sheet may be exhibited in place of the separate or independent pictures.

2. A picture holder and carrier device for use in connection with a projector lantern,

said device being independent of the lan tern in construction and being adapted to be connected therewith, and comprising means whereby either separate, independent pictures may be exhibited at the will of the operator or pictures connected in the form of a flexible strip or sheet.

A picture holder and carrier devic'e for use in connection with a projector lantern, and comprising an endless carrier with 'which separate pictures may be connected by hand at the will of the operator, and

means whereby pictures united in the form of a flexible strip may be substituted for ythe separate, independent pictures, and eX- 4provided with a roller which operates in connection withv the endless carrler, andA means whereby pictures inthe form of a flexible strip or sheet may be exhibited'instead of the separate or independentpic- 5. In a device of the class described, a main frame, an endless carrier mounted therein, and a supplemental frame movably connected with the main frame and provided with a spring-controlled roller which operates in connection with said frame.

6. `In an apparatus of the class described, a main frame, rollers mounted in the top and bottom parts thereof, an endless belt carrier mounted on said rollers, other rollers mounted above and below the irst-named rollers, and spools detachably mounted rearwardly of 4the last named rollers.

7. A picture holder and carrier device for use in connection with a projector lantern, said device being independent of the lantern in construction but being adapted to be used in connection therewith, and comprising a main frame, an endless belt carrler mounted therein, and in connection withy which separate or independent pictures may be mounted for exhibition, means for mounting and moving a leXible strip or sheet of pictures in front of the endless carrier and a supplemental frame hinged to the main frame and provided with a spring-controlled roller which is adapted to operate botlrin connection with the endless belt carrier and in connection with the picture sheet or strip.

8. A picture holder and carrier device for and comprising a mainframe, an endless belt carrier mounted therein, and in connection with which separate or independent pictures may be mounted for exhibition, means .for mounting and moving a iiexible strip or lsheet of pictures in ront'oil the endless carrier and a supplemental frame hinged to the main frame and provided with a spring-controlled roller which is adapted.

to operate both in' connection with the endless belt carrier and in connection with the picture sheet or strip.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this '19th day of October, 1917.

WILLIAM L. isBiLLs.

Witnesses :l

I-I. E. THOMPSON. C. MULREANY,

' use in connection with a projector lantern, l 

